Sentences with phrase «prosecute people»

Colorado, for example, recently approved a bill allowing the state attorney general's office to prosecute people who send lawsuit - threatening letters seeking payments for patent infringement when they don't hold the patents or don't have legitimate claims for infringement.

If it doesn't do this clearly enough, the feds will do as they've done in California and take advantage of any loopholes and vagueness that they can, in order to prosecute people.

But given that the police have that discretion, one can hardly complain if they choose to exercise it to prosecute people who are flagrantly breaking the law with a view to lining their own pockets.

«The Military Commission Act of 2006: An Unnecessary Scheme for Second - Class Justice or an Essential Means To Prosecute People Who Otherwise Would Escape Accountability?»

Consider, the government has comparatively unlimited resources to prosecute people who are not guilty.

«No one ever says to a Crown attorney at a cocktail party: «How can you prosecute those people?»

By Michael Bastasch — The science on global warming is settled, so settled that 20 climate scientists are asking President Barack Obama to prosecute people who disagree with them on the science behind man - made global warming.

RICO has been used to prosecute people who had nothing to do with organized crime and should be repealed.

Your solution to this lack of scientific clarity is to have the government decide what is «misinformation», and then investigate and prosecute people on the basis of their decision.

It was just some office [clerk] whose whole job is to litigate and prosecute people for copyright infringement.»

In 1991 the UK introduced the Dangerous Dogs Act, which banned certain breeds of dogs such as the Pit Bull Terrier and Japanese Tosa, and made it easier for police to prosecute people who organized dog fights.

The fact that the president of Mongolia stepped in is welcome, and I suspect that at the very least this will lead to an agreement that will allow US officials to seize specimens and prosecute people.

«The county executive made multiple personal pleas to me in the presence of other prosecutors not to investigate or prosecute people he was close to,» Mr. Spota said.

He said that when it would see the report and the indictment, INEC would support all processes to prosecute the people allegedly involved the alleged bribery.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asked state lawmakers to expand his powers to prosecute people who have received a presidential pardon.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Wednesday asked state lawmakers to expand his powers to prosecute people who have received a presidential pardon.

Mr. Okudzeto told Class News that: «They [contemnors] threatened judges, which is a criminal offence, the [Attorney General] refused to prosecute the people and now should he [Mr Mahama] free them that is going to be his own funeral.

Osaze - Uzzi added that when it would see the report and the indictment, INEC would support all processes to prosecute the people allegedly involved the alleged bribery.

«The executive can only arrest, charge and prosecute people; the other functions belong to the judiciary.

Reed Brody, legal counsel for campaign group Human Rights Watch, which is supporting Mr Kyere's campaign along with Trial International, says Ghana would be an ideal country for the trial because it has a strong justice system and provisions to prosecute people for the «enforced disappearance» of Ghanaian citizens anywhere in the world.

The Supreme Court said Monday it won't hear the Obama administration's appeal of a lower court ruling that made it tougher to prosecute people for trading on leaked inside information.

Spota continued: «I've never said it before, but I will say it now: the county executive has made and did make, in the past, multiple personal pleas to me, in the presence of other prosecutors, not to investigate or prosecute people he was close to.

He also challenged the police to arrest and prosecute people who will foment trouble before, during and after the polls.

The Yonkers City Council approved an ordinance allowing police and other city officials to prosecute people for dumping garbage on city streets

To effectively investigate and prosecute these people and other offenders, we must invest massively in the detective infrastructures and capacity of our investigators.

If Iraq wants to show that, unlike Isis, it actually cares about victims, justice, and rule of law, it needs to develop a plan to fairly prosecute people for the full range of crimes they committed, and with a clear role for victims» voices.

Yet they maintain the argument that we continue to prosecute people.

But the decision to prosecute people for their lies is a matter of judgment, and it is by no means clear that the relevant officials have always exercised good sense.

It is illegal for Americans to purchase foreign drugs online, but the government will not prosecute people buying drugs with a prescription that they would have trouble affording at home.

Meanwhile, marijuana remains illegal on the federal level, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recently taken steps that would allow federal prosecutors in states where weed is legal to decide whether to prosecute people over marijuana sales in a development that could threaten the burgeoning industry (or, at the very least, spur litigation from some of the states in question looking to keep the federal government from interfering with statewide legislation).

Last year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions refused to rule out prosecuting people who sell cannabis, even when they do so in accordance with state laws.

Even so, much remains open to interpretation, but Sessions made it clear that he is not ruling out prosecuting people who violate federal law, even if they are in compliance with their state's laws in regard to medical marijuana.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made no secret of his contempt for marijuana use, and his Department of Justice is on the verge of releasing a report that many in the burgeoning legal cannabis industry fear will propose prosecuting people engaging in marijuana sales — even if they are in states that have legalized the drug locally.

In 2014, Florida Statute 825.103 «Exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult» became effective, which makes it easier for authorities to prosecute persons who exploit elders and increases penalties for crimes committed against elders.

In a letter to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the state House and Senate Wednesday, Schneiderman asked state lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow for prosecuting people on the state level for the exact crimes they were convicted of — and pardoned for — on the federal level.

I don't but I also live in the real world where you just are NOT going to be able to prosecute a person for r a p e 20 years after the alleged crime occurred.

We also hope that prosecuting people for crimes will be a warning to others.

Faced with fresh evidence of the racial disparity in marijuana enforcement across New York City, Manhattan's district attorney said he will largely stop prosecuting people for possessing or smoking marijuana.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Faced with fresh evidence of the racial disparity in marijuana enforcement across New York City, Manhattan's district attorney said Tuesday he will largely stop prosecuting people for possessing or smoking marijuana.

He added, «Section 10 (4) of the FRSC (Establishment) Act, 2007, states categorically that members of the corps shall have powers to arrest and prosecute persons reasonably suspected to have committed any traffic offence.

On the other hand, the government has virtually unlimited resources to investigate and prosecute that person.

«If they ask you to bring money, whether the fraudsters, our Staff or Police men, report to us and we will arrest and prosecute the person or persons»

Pro-NPP Pressure group, Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), has described as «needless» the decision by the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, to set up special courts to prosecute persons who refuse to pay the mandatory TV license.

Spota said Bellone's demand for him to step down was «based on nothing but a personal vendetta against me for investigating and prosecuting people he is close to.»

Manhattan's District Attorney Cyrus Vance says his office will largely stop prosecuting people for possessing or smoking marijuana starting Aug. 1.

Spota replied in his own news conference, saying Bellone's call for him to resign was «based on nothing but a personal vendetta against me for investigating and prosecuting people he is close to.»

He warned that his government should not be tagged as engaging in a political trial when the government begins prosecuting people for the criminal acts committed

According to Muhammad, a private legal practitioner has no locus stand to compel the AGF to prosecute a person.

«Secondly, we will re-focus resources away from prosecuting people whose only crime is that they have used drugs, or are addicted to drugs.

The Police administration, since the incident in Kumasi, has said it is employing the use of technology to arrest and prosecute the persons involved.